The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-07-08
The Queens Drawing Room.

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The throne room is fine apart.
ment. It is entirely hung with deep
red brocade, and to each window there
is a great gilded cornics. at the top Of
the room there is dais. very slightly
raised from the general floor. A. the
back OF this stands the throne under
a canopy OF red silk, on which the roy
al arms of England are blazoned- The
royal party enter the throne room
and take their places a few moments
before the first presentation. The
queen stands in the center of the dahs,
some distance off from the throna A
silken cord is drawn across separating
the royal group from the rest OF the
room, and slightly back from this the
queen takes her position, while the
other members of the royal family are
grouped as court etiquette dem ands.
Below the dais, at the left side the
Lord Chamberlain stands with the
white wand in one hand. At his Esat
there Is gilded basket into which he
throws the cards as he reads the
name of each person to be received by
the queen. This he does in oAear
voice as each lady makes her appear
ance at q door opposite below the
dais, and at the right side oft. II the
prime minister attends he stands be.
low the dais, on the right, near Ehe
door at which the people to be Sre.
ceived" enter.
At the time that the royal party
are assembling in the throne room the
crush IN the anteroom is getting den
ser as each carriage in it's turn drives
up and 'fsets down" its load OF EAGER
courtgoers. Here there is DO praoe-
! dence observable. The first conars
are the first into the loyal pressuca
The string of carriages begins TO draw
up as early as IL O'Clock. Their oc-
cupants submit to wait in the cold,
sitting in an uncomfortable positjou
for more than two hours in order DO
| be amongst the first to pass the bar
riers. Some OF the ladies bring novels
to read, and party in a carriage at
tired in court dress has been known
to sit playing cards during what the
| actors call "long wait"
Once inside the palace a high CHI
sensation begins A barrier Is placed
at the end OF corridor leading TO the
| throne room. Through this each lady
must pass singly. This is done as
| quickly as possible, so many presen-
| tations going to each hour. As soon
as one lady has passed the queen and
started on her exit, another approach
es Her Majesty usually remains
about an hour and g. hall in the
throne room, leaving the Princess d
| Wales to receive the later preseuta-
| tions. There is an intense desire to
| be received by the queen herself
amongst the ladies. The consequence
is a crush for the barrier such az on
one would believe unless they wele to
witness the fashionable fight. II re-
sembles nothing as much as the sErug-
Gle for the turnstiIe OF the pit entrance
| of popular theatre when a great
star is announced. Each lady, as she
enters, gathers her three yards of train
up and disposes it as carefully aS may
be over her arm. Then she pulls her
tulle lappets or veil round and pats
the ends over the same arm. Thus
equipped she enters the tray, where.
as in an ordinary crowd. ifshe is STRONG,
she wins. 1t needs strength, mantaliy
as well as physically, foY her
efforts are stared at and duly criti-
cised by Others who have Themselves
done exactly the same thing, bnk with
Indifferent success. The more a Lady
has been to Court the more she puSh-
es for the barrier. Her directions and
precautions having been previously
made plain to her charges, they grid
theiN trains and lappels closely to
them and bravely follow in her wake.
observing, as far as their tbews and
sinews win allow, her repeated injlnc-
tions to follow her closely.
The barrier once gained and paae6d.
the battle is over and nerves take
possession Of the successful one, es-
pecially if of tender years. In the
corridor one of the gentlemen Of tn Q
household kindly unfolds the train
and pulls back the tulle veil, and II
he is a polite man, says a reassuying
word about a. debntante ap-
nearance. The ehaperone usually
passes the queen first. She enters
by the door previously mentioned.
TO the right OF the dais, her name be-
inc read as she appears. She goHs
straignt up before her majesty aId
makes a courtesy to the ground di-
rectly in front of her. She hah RISES
and extends her right hand, over
which the queen places her LETT hand.
| The lady presented then cOurtesjas
/ again. bending low over the royal
| hend the queen then withdpaws bG